Chapter 9: Tricky Dick

Wed, Oct 22, 1969, Ali & I were met at MIA by a couple Secret Servicemen. Wow, what service!

Richard Nixon had a Winter Home on Key Biscayne, which was a Barrier Island off of Miami, & Miami Beach.

The Secret Service had built a Concrete Helicopter Landing Pad out in the water, connected to Nixon’s property. The Pad was so he could be Flown In by Helicopter. You can tell which home it is as the Landing Pad is stick there & is a weird shape.

Dick & Pat Nixon were gracious hosts. While Ali was whisked away by Pat, Dick said we were going to take a Boat to get to his pal’s Private Island.

He didn’t say, but I was pretty sure his Pal was Bebe Rebozo, who was reputed to have been corrupt. I think he helped Nixon get his Key Biscayne Home kinda shady like.

We boarded a nice Motorboat, & headed south towards Key Largo. About half way there, we came to a tiny spit of an island. Mostly it was a scrub island, but the middle part had been developed. There was small a 3-Bedroom House, along with a couple out-buildings. It was called Ragged Key #3, but I’d call it Bebe Key.

Bebe greeted us warmly, offering us a drink. I would come to realize that these guys could DRINK! Oh, yeah, I slipped both of them a THC Edible! I hoped that by getting Nixon stoned, it would be easier to manipulate him.

Both guys became silly goofballs! The Secret Servicemen were all snickering, & the Leader joked that I should leave him some, so he could dose them when needed!

As we were Wasting Away in Margaritaville, I started sharing some ideas with Dick (Nixon) that I wanted him to think about.

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1.1. His Vice-President Spiro Agnew, was about to be Forced to Quit & end then up in Jail for a string of Briberies that started when he was the Governor of Maryland. The Asshole was still receiving Payoffs from those Scams, even as Vice-Prez!

I asked Nixon if he knew of any of that? I could see him blanch, telling me he knew some of it.

He admitted he’d found out about it, but was hoping it’d just go away.

I told him that it was bound to get worse, eventually bringing him down too.

To me, the only solution was to come totally clean & feed Agnew to the wolves.

Then, If it was me, I’d ask Gerald Ford, the powerful House of Representative Leader from Michigan, to be my new Vice-Prez.

Dick thought it over & got on the phone to have his top Advisor, Henry Kissinger, flown in ASAP.

2. I wanted Nixon to stop ALL of his Dirty Tricks that he was a master at. I really did like him, in spite of his faults I wanted to help him.

3. I wanted to be included in the next Secret Meetings on the Vietnam mess.

As with all Tribal Warfare, the Vietnam Conflict was not going to end well, so just END IT!

But if I could only get these guys together, then slip them some of my Edibles, well, I might just loosen them up some.

Dick said that there were talks scheduled soon, & he’d be sure I would be included.

4. Fire John Mitchell, the US Attorney General, as he was bad news. Also, stop immediately the stupid Chicago 7 Trial. John Mitchell had personally trumped up Conspiracy chargers against the Leaders of the Protesters at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, in Chicago. All charges would be thrown out, but not until the farce had gone on long enough for convictions. John Mitchell would also be the highest ranking US Official to ever go to Prison at the time. He would be the Leader of the those Watergate Rascal’s.